UN chief Guterres warns of 'imminent financial collapse'

Reuters ^ | January 30, 2026 | By Emma Farge

[Oldeconomybuyer]

GENEVA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.N. chief has told states that the organisation is at risk of "imminent financial collapse", citing unpaid fees and a budget rule that forces the global body to return unspent money, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Friday.

"The crisis is deepening, threatening programme delivery and risking financial collapse. And the situation will deteriorate further in the near future."

The U.N. is facing a cash crisis as the world body's largest contributor - the United States - has slashed voluntary funding to U.N. agencies and refused to make mandatory payments to the U.N.'s regular and peacekeeping budgets.

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[Lurker]

So what’s the downside?

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[RKV]

Well said.

[PGalt]

LOL!

[blackdog]

They will not go without trying to destroy the US Economy. The American leftists would help them in that effort any way they can.

[ryderann]

Enough’s enough. We’ve been the world’s sucker ever since WWII.

[AnglePark]

So, just like many things around the world — ahem, NATO — this only proves that without (fleecing) the US, it couldn’t exist.

[pas]

So get the money from the other Permanent Security council members. China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom Also get it from the wealthy middle east countries that have outsize influence on policy with little in the way of funding.

[Carry_Okie]

...refused to make mandatory payments to the U.N.'s regular and peacekeeping budgets.

I want an itemized list.

[cgbg]

Declare eminent domain on the UN site and building and kick the UN off the property.

(The Commies don’t believe in private property anyway. Let the relocate in tropical Africa.)

[Track9]

Green helmet guys pension is at risk.

[cp124]

More good news.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

If our news media was not a partisan joke that just spewed propaganda, it would investigate how the UN spends its money and see that probably half the UN budget is spent on letting UN officials live a very good life and jet around the world in luxury. The UN would not be in a state of fiscal collapse if UN officials flew coach and ate at McDonalds.

[TonyM]

We could turn the U.N. building into an ICE facility!

[KarlInOhio]

Move the UN to internationally recognized neutral territory. And supply the delegates and staff with plenty of penguin repellent because they can get mean during breeding season. Likewise, provide the penguins with scoundrel repellent for the same reason.

[bert]

Consider if you will that just last week, the President sent invitations at Davos and a new group of nations was established.

The leaders involved in that new group are the same leaders in the UN that would have to oppose any anti American actions. The American leftists were effectively bypassed and have no real say in the matter.

President Trump in effect made an end run around both the American Left and the united Nations

We’ll see how it turns out.

I expect the world leaders receiving invitations will accept the leadership offered by President Trump and go forward in a new direction

[9YearLurker]

A ray of sunshine.

[Fireone]

Thank heavens! Let this terrorist cabal die.

[ComputerGuy]

Great news!!!

[SmokingJoe]

“imminent financial collapse” for UN would be great!